Safety button-hole loop



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F. C. CHURCHILL.

SAFETY BUTTON HOLE LOOP. No. 341,879. Patented May 18, 1886,

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FRANK G. CHURCHILL, ()F LEBANON, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

SAFETY BUTTON-HOLE LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,879, dated May 18,18816.

Application filed March 24, 1886. Serial No. 196,359.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. CHURCHILL, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Grafton and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyButton- Hole Loops, of which the following is a specification. v

The object of. my invention is to provide,in connection withasuspenderbuckle, improved means for engaging with and fastening aboutthe shank of a garment-button.

My invention consists in arranging with the buckle a combined wirebutton -loop and a yielding spring-closer, the latter being somewhat theshortest and depending in front of the loop; also, in the peculiar formand arrangement of the said loop and fastener, which in this case arebent from a single piece of wire.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear elevations showingthe button-loop and the operation of the springcloser. Fig. 3 is an endelevation.

Like letters refer to like parts.

A is a buckle of ordinary construction. The

lower bar, a, of it consists of the raised straight portion and thedepressed bends b.

To form the button-1oop a wire is bent to form the Ushaped portion B,and then bent outward and upward to make the enlargement O. The wire isthereafter carried around the bends b in the form of eyes 0 c, and thendown in front of the portions 0 and B, to form a spring-closer, D. Thelower part of this has V-shaped bends d near the termination of the freeends of the wire. Thus a yielding spring or closer is provided,permitting the buttonshank to pass into the portion orloop proper, B,and thereafter holding the button from (No model.)

slipping up or out. It will be seen that the loop, as a whole, has freeplay to meet the motion or bending of the body from the manner in whichit is hinged to the buckle-bar; also, that the button may be easilyinserted by spreading the spring-closer with the fingers, or by placing'the button in the enlargement C and drawing the bends of said closer upover, the button-shank.

I am aware that a necktie-fastener has been usedwhich,inverted,resembles my device, and I disclaim it. In theconstruction there shown the play of the spring-closer is limited by thesides of the loop, and both are united by solder, which would not permitsufficient spring action for use in connection with a suspenderbuckle;nor are the parts formed from a sin gle-piece of wire, hence cause moretrouble and expense to manufacture than mine.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the suspenderbuckle, of the button-loop,substantially as shown,and the yielding spring-closer arranged whollyoutside of said loop, so as to have the limit of its opening or closingunaffected there by, the said loop and closer being bent from a singlepiece of wire, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the buckle-bar a, of the button-loop B 0,having eyes 0 c, and the spring-closer D, depending in front of saidloop, and having bends d d, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK C. CHURCHILL. \Vitnesses: l

J. B. THURSTON, NATHANIEL E. MARTIN.

